Betsy DeVos had no experience in education prior to becoming President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education. In fact, she and her children only attended private schools. DeVos’ experience explains...
America’s immigration history is cloudy at best. Especially for a country which purports the American dream, our history, and present, is crowed with xenophobic immigration policies, imperialist initiatives...
Norma McCorvey was born to two Jehovah’s Witnesses in a suburb west of Houston in 1947. She quickly learned that she did not subscribe to the same beliefs as her parents and, as a result, ended up in...
As we start a new semester and a new year, The Observer hopes to 20/20 our vision for the weekly newspaper and online website. Joining thousands of people, the Editorial Board is proposing a few New Year’s...
Campus climate - B-
Overall, Case Western Reserve University does its best to welcome students of all backgrounds, religions, ethnicities and identities. The administration did well in releasing a statement...
Last Saturday, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) sent an email to the entire student body regarding students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status. The message, amid rising...
The Club Sports referendum has recently resurfaced after failing last spring. In April, undergraduate students voted to decide whether club sports should join the Student Presidents’ Roundtable. Had...
This week celebrated one of the pillars of our democracy. Ohio joined nearly every other state on Tuesday for general elections. According to political philosopher Hannah Arendt, neither a state nor a...
More people in Cuyahoga County died of opioid overdoses than homicides, suicides and car crashes combined in 2016. While deaths increased again the following year, 2018 saw a decrease to 560 deaths. However,...
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), acting administrator and Case Western Reserve University alumnus Andrew Wheeler visited campus for a day-long symposium. The...
